Jed Lowrie

If the All-Star voting closed today, Marlins second baseball Dee Gordon and right fielder Giancarlo Stanton would be starting for the National League. Gordon leads NL second basemen with 934,249 votes from the fans, a healthy margin over Kolten Wong of the St. Louis Cardinals (582,238). Stanton ranks third among NL outfielders, which would put him in a starting role for the July 14 Midsummer Classic at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park. Stanton has 746,926 votes, trailing the Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper (1,116,582) and the Cardinals' Matt Holliday (979,008). Harper's total is the most of any National League player. Wednesday's announcement of the...

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HOUSTON (AP) — The 5-foot-6, 165-pound Jose Altuve certainly isn't known for his power.
But on Thursday night, when it mattered most, he was able to propel the ball just far enough to lift the Houston Astros to a win.
Altuve homered with one out in...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros have power throughout the lineup, and when they hit more than one home run they are difficult to beat.
That was on display again Wednesday night when Preston Tucker homered twice and drove in three runs and Evan Gattis...

HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Carter hit a two-run homer and rookie Carlos Correa drove in two runs as the Houston Astros used a big fifth inning to roll to an 8-3 victory over Boston on Tuesday night, extending the Red Sox's losing streak to six games.
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Derek Jeter has left the building, and the New York Yankees replacement plan just might lead them to Elvis.The Yankees are in the market for a shortstop and had dialogue this week at the general manager's meetings with the Texas Rangers to discuss...

The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to trade ace left-hander Cole Hamels to the Texas Rangers for a package of prospects, two people familiar with the deal said.
Both people spoke to the Associated Press late Wednesday night on condition of anonymity...

Here's something new: The Houston Astros finally have reason to look forward to the second half of the season. After several miserable years of rebuilding, losing and more losing, these Astros — powered by bearded ace Dallas Keuchel, diminutive second...

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues today: ___ GETTING STRONGER The first-place Yankees plan to activate closer Andrew Miller and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury from the disabled list before hosting Oakland. Miller has been sidelined...

On Tuesday, for the first time in his distinguished 16-year career, Jimmy Rollins started a game batting ninth.
On Wednesday, the shortstop did not start at all, the third consecutive time the Dodgers have left him out of the lineup against a left-handed...

Jed Lowrie broke up the bid by hitting a home run with one out in the ninth inning for Houston's only hit Thursday in the Cleveland Indians' 5-1 win over the host Astros.
Before that blast, Trevor Bauer and the Indians' bullpen had combined to hold the...

Major League Baseball, 2014 in review:
The highs
• Clayton Kershaw was king of baseball in 2014 — National League most valuable player, Cy Young Award winner, pitched a no-hitter*, hit a score-tying triple, fielded a ground ball behind his back,...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Salvador Perez's single down the left field line capped a two-run, 12th-inning rally, and the Kansas City Royals stunned the Oakland Athletics 9-8 Tuesday in the American League wild-card game.
The Royals advance to play the Los...

— As bad as things got for the Oakland Athletics in August and early September, and they were historically bad for a while, the A's are still in a decent position for a team on the verge of one of baseball's greatest collapses.
Even after Wednesday's 5-4...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Designated hitter Adam Dunn's heart was beating hard, and his adrenaline was flowing when he stepped to the plate as an Oakland Athletic for the first time Monday in the bottom of the first inning with two outs and a runner on second...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Right-hander Jeff Samardzija was pitching in the first inning of his Oakland A's debut Sunday, and things weren't going as planned.
Samardzija gave up one-out singles to Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Munenori Kawasaki and left...

TURNING POINT: Chris Iannetta’s 12th-inning homer snapped the Angels’ two-game losing streak and gave them two extra-inning wins on a six-game homestand in which four games went to overtime -- the first time that’s happened since June 1975. The Angels...

KEY MOMENT: Down by two runs in the ninth, Kole Calhoun double for his third hit of the game and Mike Trout hit a towering two-run homer to center field, his fifth of the season, against left-hander Sean Doolittle to pull the Angels even, 9-9. But Oakland...

Why don't the Cubs make a push to get Joe Maddon from the Rays? I think he is, by far, the best manager in baseball and is personally worth 10 to 20 wins a year. He works mostly with young players in Tampa Bay, which obviously will be our core for the...

Their second consecutive division title secured Sunday, the Oakland Athletics have set their sights on the best record in the American League, which would assure home-field advantage throughout the post-season and a first-round series against the...

OAKLAND — The Angels can't come close to matching the Oakland Athletics in volume of talented young starting pitchers, but in Garrett Richards, they have an arm that can cut into the deficit.
Richards, mixing a 94-mph fastball with a sharp overhand...

OAKLAND -- Center fielder Mike Trout was blinded by the light Sunday, losing two fly balls in the sun that dropped for run-scoring hits in the Oakland Athletics' 10-6 come-from-behind victory over the Angels in the Oakland Coliseum.
"Those are...